Knoxville: Will Skelton Greenway
Follow the bends of the great Tennessee River through a wildlife sanctuary on this 8.6-mile trip in the city's most-scenic green space.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 7.0
Waypoints
WSG001
Location: 35.9610900878906, -83.8836364746094
Head W on Greenway, then loop E through Island Home Park; look to L over small waterway to Downtown Island Airport
WSG002
Location: 35.9611511230469, -83.8767318725586
Small drainage spills into side channel; continue E along banks past TN School for the Deaf, then S away from river
WSG003
Location: 35.9585800170898, -83.8706817626953
Continue ESE
WSG004
Location: 35.9568290710449, -83.8699264526367
Head S through parking area
WSG005
Location: 35.9557418823242, -83.8687515258789
Turn L along road through Ijams Nature Center parking lot to E side of Miller Education Center
WSG006
Location: 35.9563903808594, -83.8661499023438
Turn N onto foot trail and wind through dense forest
WSG007
Location: 35.9575309753418, -83.8667297363281
Walk E toward river
WSG008
Location: 35.9574699401856, -83.8639526367188
Boardwalk along river and bluffs. See paddlers and tugboats passing by
WSG009
Location: 35.9532890319824, -83.8652267456055
L @ T to link back up with Will Skelton Greenway SSE into Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area
WSG010
Location: 35.9534378051758, -83.8562927246094
Wrap along shoreline past confluence of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, which flow into the Tennessee
WSG011
Location: 35.9542503356934, -83.8450164794922
End of greenway offers a glimpse of Pickel Island splitting the French Broad River into two channels; retrace route to trailhead
